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Which CSS tag pertains to the color of the form field?
I have been working with some example code and no matter what I change, the form field comes out as a pale grey color which I think is hard to see. I would like to make it darker.
Here is the .css code that I have been working with.
Here is the .css code that I have been working with.
/* Form */
form {
margin: 0 0 2em 0;
}
label {
color: #fff;
display: block;
font-size: 0.9em;
font-weight: 600;
margin: 0 0 1em 0;
}
input[type="text"],
input[type="password"],
input[type="email"],
select,
textarea {
-moz-appearance: none;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-ms-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
background: #6cb3b3;
border-radius: 3px;
border: none;
color: inherit;
display: block;
outline: 0;
padding: 0 1em;
text-decoration: none;
width: 100%;
}
input[type="text"]:invalid,
input[type="password"]:invalid,
input[type="email"]:invalid,
select:invalid,
textarea:invalid {
box-shadow: none;
}
input[type="text"]:focus,
input[type="password"]:focus,
input[type="email"]:focus,
select:focus,
textarea:focus {
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #21b2a6;
}
.select-wrapper {
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
position: relative;
}
.select-wrapper:before {
-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
font-family: FontAwesome;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
text-transform: none !important;
}
.select-wrapper:before {
-moz-pointer-events: none;
-webkit-pointer-events: none;
-ms-pointer-events: none;
pointer-events: none;
color: #fff;
content: '\f078';
display: block;
height: 2.75em;
line-height: 2.75em;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
text-align: center;
top: 0;
width: 2.75em;
}
.select-wrapper select::-ms-expand {
display: none;
}
input[type="text"],
input[type="password"],
input[type="email"],
select {
height: 2.75em;
}
textarea {
padding: 0.75em 1em;
}
input[type="checkbox"],
input[type="radio"] {
-moz-appearance: none;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-ms-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
display: block;
float: left;
margin-right: -2em;
opacity: 0;
width: 1em;
z-index: -1;
}
input[type="checkbox"] + label,
input[type="radio"] + label {
text-decoration: none;
color: #fff;
cursor: pointer;
display: inline-block;
font-size: 1em;
font-weight: 400;
padding-left: 2.4em;
padding-right: 0.75em;
position: relative;
}
input[type="checkbox"] + label:before,
input[type="radio"] + label:before {
-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
font-family: FontAwesome;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
text-transform: none !important;
}
input[type="checkbox"] + label:before,
input[type="radio"] + label:before {
background: rgba(144, 144, 144, 0.25);
border-radius: 3px;
content: '';
display: inline-block;
height: 1.65em;
left: 0;
line-height: 1.58125em;
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
top: 0;
width: 1.65em;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:checked + label:before,
input[type="radio"]:checked + label:before {
background: #2e3842;
color: #fff;
content: '\f00c';
}
input[type="checkbox"]:focus + label:before,
input[type="radio"]:focus + label:before {
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #21b2a6;
}
input[type="checkbox"] + label:before {
border-radius: 3px;
}
input[type="radio"] + label:before {
border-radius: 100%;
}
::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) !important;
opacity: 1.0;
}
:-moz-placeholder {
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) !important;
opacity: 1.0;
}
::-moz-placeholder {
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) !important;
opacity: 1.0;
}
:-ms-input-placeholder {
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) !important;
opacity: 1.0;
}
.formerize-placeholder {
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) !important;
opacity: 1.0;
}
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This is setting the background color on the inputs:
It's in this section:
background: #6cb3b3;
It's in this section:
input[type="text"],
input[type="password"],
input[type="email"],
select,
textarea {
-moz-appearance: none;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-ms-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
background: #6cb3b3;
border-radius: 3px;
border: none;
color: inherit;
display: block;
outline: 0;
padding: 0 1em;
text-decoration: none;
width: 100%;
}
When I check this on www.colorhexa.com it comes out as a dark green color. This is the border that shows up when someone clicks in the field. I have tried changing that but the form field is still a light grey.
If you put the following code into an html file you will see an example of the form that I am using.
If you put the following code into an html file you will see an example of the form that I am using.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<!--
Spectral by HTML5 UP
html5up.net | @ajlkn
Free for personal and commercial use under the CCA 3.0 license (html5up.net/license)
-->
<html>
<head>
<title>Elements - Spectral by HTML5 UP</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
<!--[if lte IE 8]><script src="assets/js/ie/html5shiv.js"></script><![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/main.css" />
<!--[if lte IE 8]><link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/ie8.css" /><![endif]-->
<!--[if lte IE 9]><link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/ie9.css" /><![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<!-- Page Wrapper -->
<div id="page-wrapper">
<!-- Header -->
<header id="header">
<h1><a href="index.html">Spectral</a></h1>
<nav id="nav">
<ul>
<li class="special">
<a href="#menu" class="menuToggle"><span>Menu</span></a>
<div id="menu">
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="generic.html">Generic</a></li>
<li><a href="elements.html">Elements</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Sign Up</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Log In</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<!-- Main -->
<article id="main">
<header>
<h2>Elements</h2>
<p>Aliquam ut ex ut interdum donec amet imperdiet eleifend</p>
</header>
<section class="wrapper style5">
<div class="inner">
<section>
<h4>Text</h4>
<p>This is <b>bold</b> and this is <strong>strong</strong>. This is <i>italic</i> and this is <em>emphasized</em>.
This is <sup>superscript</sup> text and this is <sub>subscript</sub> text.
This is <u>underlined</u> and this is code: <code>for (;;) { ... }</code>. Finally, <a href="#">this is a link</a>.</p>
<hr />
<header>
<h4>Heading with a Subtitle</h4>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet nullam id egestas urna aliquam</p>
</header>
<p>Nunc lacinia ante nunc ac lobortis. Interdum adipiscing gravida odio porttitor sem non mi integer non faucibus ornare mi ut ante amet placerat aliquet. Volutpat eu sed ante lacinia sapien lorem accumsan varius montes viverra nibh in adipiscing blandit tempus accumsan.</p>
<header>
<h5>Heading with a Subtitle</h5>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet nullam id egestas urna aliquam</p>
</header>
<p>Nunc lacinia ante nunc ac lobortis. Interdum adipiscing gravida odio porttitor sem non mi integer non faucibus ornare mi ut ante amet placerat aliquet. Volutpat eu sed ante lacinia sapien lorem accumsan varius montes viverra nibh in adipiscing blandit tempus accumsan.</p>
<hr />
<h2>Heading Level 2</h2>
<h3>Heading Level 3</h3>
<h4>Heading Level 4</h4>
<h5>Heading Level 5</h5>
<h6>Heading Level 6</h6>
<hr />
<h5>Blockquote</h5>
<blockquote>Fringilla nisl. Donec accumsan interdum nisi, quis tincidunt felis sagittis eget tempus euismod. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus vestibulum. Blandit adipiscing eu felis iaculis volutpat ac adipiscing accumsan faucibus. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus lorem ipsum dolor sit amet nullam adipiscing eu felis.</blockquote>
<h5>Preformatted</h5>
<pre><code>i = 0;
while (!deck.isInOrder()) {
print 'Iteration ' + i;
deck.shuffle();
i++;
}
print 'It took ' + i + ' iterations to sort the deck.';</code></pre>
</section>
<section>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<div class="row">
<div class="6u 12u$(medium)">
<h5>Unordered</h5>
<ul>
<li>Dolor pulvinar etiam.</li>
<li>Sagittis adipiscing.</li>
<li>Felis enim feugiat.</li>
</ul>
<h5>Alternate</h5>
<ul class="alt">
<li>Dolor pulvinar etiam.</li>
<li>Sagittis adipiscing.</li>
<li>Felis enim feugiat.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="6u$ 12u$(medium)">
<h5>Ordered</h5>
<ol>
<li>Dolor pulvinar etiam.</li>
<li>Etiam vel felis viverra.</li>
<li>Felis enim feugiat.</li>
<li>Dolor pulvinar etiam.</li>
<li>Etiam vel felis lorem.</li>
<li>Felis enim et feugiat.</li>
</ol>
<h5>Icons</h5>
<ul class="icons">
<li><a href="#" class="icon fa-twitter"><span class="label">Twitter</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="icon fa-facebook"><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="icon fa-instagram"><span class="label">Instagram</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="icon fa-github"><span class="label">Github</span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<h5>Actions</h5>
<div class="row">
<div class="6u 12u$(medium)">
<ul class="actions">
<li><a href="#" class="button special">Default</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button">Default</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="actions small">
<li><a href="#" class="button special small">Small</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button small">Small</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="actions vertical">
<li><a href="#" class="button special">Default</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button">Default</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="actions vertical small">
<li><a href="#" class="button special small">Small</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button small">Small</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="6u 12u$(medium)">
<ul class="actions vertical">
<li><a href="#" class="button special fit">Default</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button fit">Default</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="actions vertical small">
<li><a href="#" class="button special small fit">Small</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button small fit">Small</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section>
<h4>Table</h4>
<h5>Default</h5>
<div class="table-wrapper">
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Price</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Item One</td>
<td>Ante turpis integer aliquet porttitor.</td>
<td>29.99</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Item Two</td>
<td>Vis ac commodo adipiscing arcu aliquet.</td>
<td>19.99</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Item Three</td>
<td> Morbi faucibus arcu accumsan lorem.</td>
<td>29.99</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Item Four</td>
<td>Vitae integer tempus condimentum.</td>
<td>19.99</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Item Five</td>
<td>Ante turpis integer aliquet porttitor.</td>
<td>29.99</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td>100.00</td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
</table>
</div>
<h5>Alternate</h5>
<div class="table-wrapper">
<table class="alt">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Price</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Item One</td>
<td>Ante turpis integer aliquet porttitor.</td>
<td>29.99</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Item Two</td>
<td>Vis ac commodo adipiscing arcu aliquet.</td>
<td>19.99</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Item Three</td>
<td> Morbi faucibus arcu accumsan lorem.</td>
<td>29.99</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Item Four</td>
<td>Vitae integer tempus condimentum.</td>
<td>19.99</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Item Five</td>
<td>Ante turpis integer aliquet porttitor.</td>
<td>29.99</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td>100.00</td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
</table>
</div>
</section>
<section>
<h4>Buttons</h4>
<ul class="actions">
<li><a href="#" class="button special">Special</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button">Default</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="actions">
<li><a href="#" class="button big">Big</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button">Default</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button small">Small</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="actions fit">
<li><a href="#" class="button fit">Fit</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button special fit">Fit</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button fit">Fit</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="actions fit small">
<li><a href="#" class="button special fit small">Fit + Small</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button fit small">Fit + Small</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button special fit small">Fit + Small</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="actions">
<li><a href="#" class="button special icon fa-download">Icon</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="button icon fa-download">Icon</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="actions">
<li><span class="button special disabled">Disabled</span></li>
<li><span class="button disabled">Disabled</span></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section>
<h4>Form</h4>
<form method="post" action="#">
<div class="row uniform">
<div class="6u 12u$(xsmall)">
<input type="text" name="demo-name" id="demo-name" value="" placeholder="Name" />
</div>
<div class="6u$ 12u$(xsmall)">
<input type="email" name="demo-email" id="demo-email" value="" placeholder="Email" />
</div>
<div class="12u$">
<div class="select-wrapper">
<select name="demo-category" id="demo-category">
<option value="">- Category -</option>
<option value="1">Manufacturing</option>
<option value="1">Shipping</option>
<option value="1">Administration</option>
<option value="1">Human Resources</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="4u 12u$(small)">
<input type="radio" id="demo-priority-low" name="demo-priority" checked>
<label for="demo-priority-low">Low</label>
</div>
<div class="4u 12u$(small)">
<input type="radio" id="demo-priority-normal" name="demo-priority">
<label for="demo-priority-normal">Normal</label>
</div>
<div class="4u$ 12u$(small)">
<input type="radio" id="demo-priority-high" name="demo-priority">
<label for="demo-priority-high">High</label>
</div>
<div class="6u 12u$(small)">
<input type="checkbox" id="demo-copy" name="demo-copy">
<label for="demo-copy">Email me a copy</label>
</div>
<div class="6u$ 12u$(small)">
<input type="checkbox" id="demo-human" name="demo-human" checked>
<label for="demo-human">Not a robot</label>
</div>
<div class="12u$">
<textarea name="demo-message" id="demo-message" placeholder="Enter your message" rows="6"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="12u$">
<ul class="actions">
<li><input type="submit" value="Send Message" class="special" /></li>
<li><input type="reset" value="Reset" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</section>
<section>
<h4>Image</h4>
<h5>Fit</h5>
<div class="box alt">
<div class="row uniform 50%">
<div class="12u"><span class="image fit"><img src="images/banner.jpg" alt="" /></span></div>
<div class="4u"><span class="image fit"><img src="images/pic01.jpg" alt="" /></span></div>
<div class="4u"><span class="image fit"><img src="images/pic02.jpg" alt="" /></span></div>
<div class="4u"><span class="image fit"><img src="images/pic03.jpg" alt="" /></span></div>
<div class="4u"><span class="image fit"><img src="images/pic03.jpg" alt="" /></span></div>
<div class="4u"><span class="image fit"><img src="images/pic02.jpg" alt="" /></span></div>
<div class="4u"><span class="image fit"><img src="images/pic01.jpg" alt="" /></span></div>
<div class="4u"><span class="image fit"><img src="images/pic02.jpg" alt="" /></span></div>
<div class="4u"><span class="image fit"><img src="images/pic01.jpg" alt="" /></span></div>
<div class="4u"><span class="image fit"><img src="images/pic03.jpg" alt="" /></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<h5>Left & Right</h5>
<p><span class="image left"><img src="images/pic04.jpg" alt="" /></span>Morbi mattis mi consectetur tortor elementum, varius pellentesque velit convallis. Aenean tincidunt lectus auctor mauris maximus, ac scelerisque ipsum tempor. Duis vulputate ex et ex tincidunt, quis lacinia velit aliquet. Duis non efficitur nisi, id malesuada justo. Maecenas sagittis felis ac sagittis semper. Curabitur purus leo, tempus sed finibus eget, fringilla quis risus. Maecenas et lorem quis sem varius sagittis et a est. Maecenas iaculis iaculis sem. Donec vel dolor at arcu tincidunt bibendum. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus. Fusce ut aliquet justo. Donec id neque ipsum. Integer eget ultricies odio. Nam vel ex a orci fringilla tincidunt. Aliquam eleifend ligula non velit accumsan cursus. Etiam ut gravida sapien. Morbi mattis mi consectetur tortor elementum, varius pellentesque velit convallis. Aenean tincidunt lectus auctor mauris maximus, ac scelerisque ipsum tempor. Duis vulputate ex et ex tincidunt, quis lacinia velit aliquet. Duis non efficitur nisi, id malesuada justo. Maecenas sagittis felis ac sagittis semper. Curabitur purus leo, tempus sed finibus eget, fringilla quis risus. Maecenas et lorem quis sem varius sagittis et a est. Maecenas iaculis iaculis sem. Donec vel dolor at arcu tincidunt bibendum. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus. Fusce ut aliquet justo. Donec id neque ipsum. Integer eget ultricies odio. Nam vel ex a orci fringilla tincidunt. Aliquam eleifend ligula non velit accumsan cursus. Etiam ut gravida sapien.</p>
<p><span class="image right"><img src="images/pic05.jpg" alt="" /></span>Vestibulum ultrices risus velit, sit amet blandit massa auctor sit amet. Sed eu lectus sem. Phasellus in odio at ipsum porttitor mollis id vel diam. Praesent sit amet posuere risus, eu faucibus lectus. Vivamus ex ligula, tempus pulvinar ipsum in, auctor porta quam. Proin nec dui cursus, posuere dui eget interdum. Fusce lectus magna, sagittis at facilisis vitae, pellentesque at etiam. Quisque posuere leo quis sem commodo, vel scelerisque nisi scelerisque. Suspendisse id quam vel tortor tincidunt suscipit. Nullam auctor orci eu dolor consectetur, interdum ullamcorper ante tincidunt. Mauris felis nec felis elementum varius. Nam sapien ante, varius in pulvinar vitae, rhoncus id massa. Donec varius ex in mauris ornare, eget euismod urna egestas. Etiam lacinia tempor ipsum, sodales porttitor justo. Aliquam dolor quam, semper in tortor eu, volutpat efficitur quam. Fusce nec fermentum nisl. Aenean erat diam, tempus aliquet erat. Etiam iaculis nulla ipsum, et pharetra libero rhoncus ut. Phasellus rutrum cursus velit, eget condimentum nunc blandit vel. In at pulvinar lectus. Morbi diam ante, vulputate et imperdiet eget, fermentum non dolor. Ut eleifend sagittis tincidunt. Sed viverra commodo mi, ac rhoncus justo. Duis neque ligula, elementum ut enim vel, posuere finibus justo. Vivamus facilisis maximus nibh quis pulvinar. Quisque hendrerit in ipsum id tellus facilisis fermentum. Proin mauris dui.</p>
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When I use your unmodified css and html for testing the form input fields render as medium blue/green which shows black text when typed into. This is using Firefox 49.0.1 on Win 7. The overall form background is nearly white... much lighter than the background of this EE page.
Slight correction to my previous post... I meant to say using the alteration proposed by zephyr_hex above.
Sorry, don't know exactly what you mean by the last comment. Am I dealing with this - background: #6cb3b3;
Yes, if you change line 137 to the one given by zephyr_hex you should get a bluish/greenish background in the input dialog fields.
This is what I have tried recently and there is no change in the color of the form field. It is still a light grey.
input[type="text"],
input[type="password"],
input[type="email"],
select,
textarea {
-moz-appearance: none;
-webkit-appearance: none;
-ms-appearance: none;
appearance: none;
background: #6cb3b3;
border-radius: 3px;
border: none;
color: inherit;
display: block;
outline: 0;
padding: 0 1em;
text-decoration: none;
width: 100%;
}
Okay never knew this existed so it looks like a handy tool. There are several tabs and areas. Which areas should I look into - I notice there are css lines that have a strikethrough like this section - -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
box-sizing: border-box; - The first two have a line going through them as if they are not being used.
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
box-sizing: border-box; - The first two have a line going through them as if they are not being used.
If there is a line going through it, it means it's being overridden by another rule.
You can read more about it here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Page_Inspector/How_to/Examine_and_edit_CSS
The rules you've listed are browser dependent.
-moz-box-sizing = Firefox
-webkit-box-sizing = Chrome
box-sizing = IE
FYI - Browser specific rules are only needed if you need to support legacy browsers. All modern browsers support CSS3, which in this case is the last rule you have listed above.
You can read more about it here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Page_Inspector/How_to/Examine_and_edit_CSS
The rules you've listed are browser dependent.
-moz-box-sizing = Firefox
-webkit-box-sizing = Chrome
box-sizing = IE
FYI - Browser specific rules are only needed if you need to support legacy browsers. All modern browsers support CSS3, which in this case is the last rule you have listed above.
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Right click on your element in Firefox and choose 'Inspect Element' - that will tell you exactly which CSS styles are being applied, and which ones are being overridden.